During the Gorbachev years, Platon Makovski and his four buddies are university students who jump on the private capitalism movement. Fast-forward 20 years, Platon finds himself the richest man in Russia, having sacrificed his friends to get to the top. But with this cynical rise comes a brutal fall.

Original title: Oligarkh. Based on the true story of Russian business tycoon Boris A. Berezovsky; adapted from the novel Bolshai︠a︡ paĭka by Yuli Dubov.